oclusivo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /okluˈsibo/ [o.kluˈsi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: o‧clu‧si‧vo

Adjective

oclusivo (feminine oclusiva, masculine plural oclusivos, feminine plural oclusivas)

1. occlusive
   • 2015 July 16, “Un gorrión en la celda de El Chapo”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Es un mundo oclusivo, de luces blancas y presos de color beige, donde Guzmán Loera dejó algunos jirones de su existencia.

     It's an occlusive world, of white lights and beige-colored prisoners, where Guzmán Loera left some shreds of his existence.

2. (linguistics) plosive

Noun

oclusivo m (plural oclusivos)

1. (linguistics) stop; plosive

Further reading

• “oclusivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10